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Bangladesh minority group expresses outrage over absence of minority repre
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, representing the largest minority group in the Muslim-majority South Asian country, expressed outrage on August 26 over the absence of minority representation among newly appointed judges.
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UN Secretary General to visit Bangladesh amid tensions
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is likely to visit Bangladesh in mid-March amid political tensions in the South Asian country, officials said.
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"There should be no cruelty..." Baba Ramdev raises concern over situation
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Yog Guru Baba Ramdev on Tuesday expressed concern regarding the situation in Bangladesh amid the ongoing unrest in the South Asian country.
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Has China trapped Afghanistan in its sinister debt trap diplomacy?
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
After leaving a number of smaller countries 'high and dry', China, the current villain in global politics, has now set its sights on Afghanistan, a war-torn South Asian country that has been facing increasing global marginalisation owing to its appalling human rights track record.
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Pakistan facing dire living conditions, 80pc workers denied minimum wage
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Amid Pakistan's failure to enforce minimum wage laws at a time when the South Asian country is reeling under high inflation, an estimated 80 per cent of unskilled workers are not receiving the minimum wage, Pakistan-based The Express Tribune reported.
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Rise of terrorism in Pakistan: Youth radicalisation, poor economy responsi
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Rise in terrorism in Pakistan has become a cause of concern not just for its neighbours but also for the people living in the South Asian country as extremist groups continue to hunt the youth of the country by radicalising them.
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Food prices skyrocket in Pakistan, reeling economic crisis to blame
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Food prices in Pakistan continue to soar as the South Asian country is under a massive grip of economic crisis. The surge in prices has skyrocketed amid the ongoing month of Ramadan, Geo News reported.
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Malnutrition in Pakistan: Over 42 per cent children victims of stunting
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Over 42 per cent of children in Pakistan are victims of stunted growth amid rising food insecurity in the South Asian country, The Express Tribune reported on Friday citing statistics released by UNICEF officials.
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Shehbaz Sharif flexes "nuclear" muscle, says India cannot see Pakistan wit
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday flexed about it being a nuclear power and said that India could not look at them with an evil eye as the South Asian country has the power to crush it under its feet.
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Pak Telecom Authority degrades Wikipedia services for non-removal of "blas
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has degraded the services of Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia in the South-Asian country for not removing the sacrilegious contents despite issuing a notice, the official release of Information and Communication Technology services of Pakistan
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Pakistan facing net wheat deficit of 2.37 million metric tons, says food m
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan National Assembly member and Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema in a statement during question hour in the upper house of parliament said that Islamabad, at present, is facing a net wheat deficit of 2.37 million metric tons, pointing out at the Sout
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After US and Australia, Saudi Arabia ask citizens residing in Pakistan for
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Saudi Arabia on Monday issued an advisory for its citizens in Pakistan to cease unnecessary movement and warned them to take caution in every possible way after the South Asian country was rocked by several blasts on Sunday.
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